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Once you got it installed, I guess it would be better to run "sudo apt-get update" to make sure we don't encounter many problems.

Install a windows X server: X is what handles the graphical interface in linux, and it works with the client/server paradigm. So what we'll do with this is provide the linux client we want to use (in this case i3wm) with an X server for it on windows. I guess any X server will do the work, but I highly recommend vcXsrv. You can download it here:https://sourceforge.net/projects/...

for i3 just "sudo apt-get install i3"

Configurations to make stuff work:

open your ~/.bashrc file ("nano ~/.bashrc" vim is cool too). You'll have to add the following lines to the end of it:
"""
export DISPLAY=:0.0 #This display variable points to the windows X server for our linux clients to use it.

export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$HOME/xdg #This is a temporary directory X will use

Ok so after this we'll have a functional x client/server configuration. You'll just have to install your desktop enviroment of choice. I only installed i3wm, but I've seen unity and xfce working on the WSL too. There are still some files that X will miss though.

Then, to make a linking file named xsession, run:
"ln -s ~/.xinitrc ~/.xsession"

Now you'll be able to run whatever you put in ~/.xinirc with:
"dbus-launch --exit-with-session ~/.xsession"

There's a ton of personalisation to be done, but that would be a whole new tutorial. I'll just share a github repo with my dotfiles so you can see them here:https://github.com/DanielVZ96/...

SHIT I ALMOST FORGOT:

Everytime you open any graphical interface you'll need to have the x server running. With vcXsrv, you can use X launch. Choose the options with no othe programs running on the X server. I recommend using "one window without title bar".